Where does “ជាជាង” come from?

ជាជាង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជា, from Thai ช้ำ — bruised.

ជាជាង (Khmer): instead of, rather than

Definitions

  1. instead of, rather than

Ancestry of “ជាជាង”, step by step

ជាជាង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាto be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
2Thaiช้ำbruised

via Khmer ជាង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាងthan, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater...
2Middle Chinese匠—
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